"The winter grew cold – so bitterly cold that the duckling had to swim to and fro in the water to keep it from freezin…"

"In the middle of the floor lay a dead swallow, with his lovely wings folded at his sides and his head tucked under hi…"

"At rejse er at leve."

"I think many would enjoy and savor the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen much better as adults. I recommend the …"

"She again rubbed a match on the wall, and the light shone round her; in the brightness stood her old grandmother, cle…"

"Far out in the ocean, where the water is as blue as the prettiest cornflower, and as clear as crystal, it is very, ve…"

"I have gone through the most terrible affair that could possibly happen; only imagine, my shadow has gone mad; I supp…"

"Death continued to stare at the emperor with his cold, hollow eyes, and the room was fearfully still. Suddenly there …"

"Every time a good child dies, an angel of God comes down to earth. He takes the child in his arms, spreads out his gr…"

""But he has nothing on at all," said a little child at last. "Good heavens! listen to the voice of an innocent child,…"